Archanoelica. UMBELLIFKR/E, C21 



point acute and inflexetl, of ri dirty white color. F'ilament.s twice as long as 

 the corolla. ()var\' dee]) frrucii at the suinmil. .Seeds [carpels] ruscoiis. of 

 a hot tasli', with 3 elevated nearly parallel stria' on one side ; the ixirder 

 winijed and nicnibraiiaeeoiis." Jdcq. ex Sclnilt. I. c. — This plant has beon 

 common in the gardens of Europe for 'JOO years, and a])pears to have i)ccr» 

 introduced by Cornuti, on whose authority alone if stands as a North Ameri- 

 can species. It is a genuine Anpeliea, aeeordinj; to authejitic speeiniens 

 whicii we examined in the herbarium of tlu; llurtus CUiJ/'orlianiis, and that 

 of Vaillant. The segments are ovate, about an inch long, sessile, unc(|ually 

 serrate, and mostly decurrent or confluent at the base. The rays of the 

 umbel are unusually thick; the involucels of about 8 lanceolate-spatulate 

 leaflets. Fruit (immature) ovate : dorsal ribs slightly winged ; the lateral 

 ones dilated into a distinct wing. Vittiu very large and filled with a pungent 

 oil. Commissure witii 2 vitta;. 



24. ARCHANGELICA. Hoffm. Umb. 1. p. IfiG. /. til. 19, 20; Koch, 

 nmb. p. 98, /. 17-19, ex DC. j)roilr. 4. p. 1G9. 



Calyx-teeth short. Petals elliptical, entire, acuminate, with the ])oinl in- 

 curved. Fruit somewhat dorsally compressed. Carpels with 3 rather thick 

 carinated dorsal ribs : lateral ribs dilated into marginal wings. Albumen 

 not adhering to the pericarp. Vittas very numerous, entirely surrounding 

 the seed. — Perennial herbs. Leaves usually with large inflated petioles, 3- 

 parted, with the divisions pinnately or bipinnately divided ; the segments 

 ovate, toothed or serrate. Involucre almost none. Involucels many-leaved. 

 Flowers white or greenish. 



1. ^. officinalis (Hoffm.): stem glabrous, terete, striate; leaves bipin- 

 nately divided ; segments subcordate, lobed, acutely serrate, the temiinal 

 one 3-lobed ; sheaths loose and saccate ; involucel as long as the umbellets. 

 nC— Hoffm. I. c; DC. prodr. 4. 2^. 169 ; Hook. ft. Bar. -Am. 1. p. 267. 

 Angelica Archangelica, Linn. ! spec. \. p. 160 ; Engl. hot. t. 2561 ; Cham. 

 S^' Schlecht. in Linntea, 1. p. 394. 



Greenland! and Labrador; also Unalaschka and Bay of Eschsclioltz, 

 Chamisso. — The plant is not uncommon in gardens. 



i — 2. A. Gmelini (DC.) : stem glabrous, terete, striate ; leaves temately 

 ' divided ; segments 3-parted ; the lobes ovate, serrate, cuncate at the base ; 

 sheaths moderately large ; involucels as long as the flowering umbellets. 

 DC. prodr. 4. p. 170 ^ Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. \. p. 267. Angelica Gmeleni, 

 Wormskiold, ex Fisch. Apiuni tcrnatum. Pall, in Spreng. si/st. 1. ;;. 890 .i* 

 Pleurospermum Gmeleni, Bongard, veg. Sitcha, in mem. acad. St. Petersh. 

 {ser. 6) 2. p. 141. 

 Kotzebue's Sound, Fischer, ex DC. Sitcha, Bongard. 



-^. A. atropurpurea (HoflTm.) : stem sulcate-striate (dark ])urple); divi- 

 sions of the leaves bipinnately divided ; segments of the secondary divisions 

 5-7, the three terminal ones confluent and decurrent at the base, somewhat 

 acuminate, unequally serrate, membranaceous ; petioles very large and in- 

 flated ; peduncles nearly glabrous ; fruit glabrous. — Hoffm. umb. 1. p^ 169. 

 Angelica atropurpurea, ^Linn. ! spec. 1. p. 231 ; Pursh,fl. 1. p. 193 ; Schrdt. 

 sysi. 6. p. 603 ; Torr. ! ft. 1. ja 316 ; DC! prodr. 4. p. 168 ; Hjok. ft. 

 Bor.-Am. 1.^. 267; Darlingt. ft. Cest. p. 193. A. triquinata, Michx.! ft. 

 .1. p. 167 ; Bigcl. ! ft. Bost. ed. 2. p. 110. Imperatoria lucida, Nutt. gcn^ 

 1. p. 181. 



